Views About Money
These days it seems almost impossible to avoid reading, seeing, or hearing news reports about the current economic crisis.
I, personally, am not one of the people that can honestly adopt the mantra of: “I refuse to participate in this recession.”
Instead, I try to listen, understand, consider, and learn. I’ve even been considering whether or not I need to re-consider some of my existing beliefs. The jury is still out on that.
Most recently I’ve been thinking about some of the different ”personality types” that I’ve encountered regarding money, three of which include the following:
Person #1: He’s such a good salesman, he could sell ice cubes to an Eskimo.
Person #2: She’s so insecure, she’s not even comfortable asking for a dollar even when she really needs one.
Person #3: That other person is so lazy, they just sit there living off of handouts from others.
This raises the following questions for me:
“What is the likelihood that each of the above people were raised to believe, or took on their belief, about money at an early age (i.e., and stopped considering other ways of being)?”
“What is the chance that each of the above people can’t understand how the other can honestly believe that their chosen/adopted view about obtaining money is the best and only way to be?”
“How much respect do you think each of the above people has for the other?”
“Is the sense of entitlement that comes from the allegedly “greedy” really all that different from the sense of entitlement that comes from an alleged “slacker” who is dependent on others?”
And, in conclusion: “Where and when did we lose the sense of creating “value” and the fair exchange of real value for real worth?”
Feel free to weigh in with your thoughts. As always, I’m interested in all points of view.
